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Sir Stephen Timms vs Bob Blackman

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Sir Stephen Timms and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,661 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,589 different votes 1,661 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
24 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
36 Aye 36 No
Trade 7% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
32 Aye 12 No
Energy 7% aligned 44 shared votes
15 Aye 29 No
20 Aye 19 No
Housing 5% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 65 shared votes
24 Aye 41 No
30 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 59 shared votes
29 Aye 30 No
28 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 22 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
Participation
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
842
45.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
199
+53.1 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
Contributions
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£272,963
21% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
8
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Defence
64 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API